Tunnelling induced collapse of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential
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The stability of a low temperature Bose-Einstein condensate with attractive interactions in one and three dimensional double-well potentials is discussed. In particular, the tunnelling dynamics of a condensate under the influence of a timedependent potential gradient is investigated. The condensate is shown to collapse at a critical potential gradient which corresponds to a critical number of atoms in one of the two wells. The sensitivity of this tunnelling induced collapse could provide a useful tool in the study of condensates with attractive interactions. PACS numbers: 03.75.Lm, 03.75.kk Tunnelling induced collapse in time-dependent double-well potential 2
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